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No Man's Land.(The Women)(Movie review)

The New Yorker

| September 22, 2008 | Lane, Anthony | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The funniest thing about "The Women" is that Mick Jagger is one of the producers. There was a knowing laugh in the theatre as his name sprang up in the opening credits--our last chance to laugh, as it turned out, for the next two hours. The movie, written and directed by Diane English, is a rehash (or, more simply, a hash) of the George Cukor picture of 1939, which was written by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who adapted it from Clare Boothe Luce's play. The old film was famous for featuring no men whatsoever, and the latest version maintains the trick. Everybody is female: fellow-diners, New York passersby, and merciless hailers of cabs. Only in the closing scene is a ...

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